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Talk about a mismatch: HBO isn't exactly known for children's shows, even if it does have some children's programming on its HBO Family channel. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
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Sheltering its innovative -- yet what some might consider farfetched -- ventures like Project Loon, Google will form a new holding company for new and existing projects and businesses that … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Google's surprise restructuring yesterday - attempting to provide linear clarity to what has become an alphabet soup of enterprises and visions - was by and large cheered by analysts and … Read the full story by Thom Forbes
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The estimated loss of global revenue due to blocked advertisements will reach $41.4 billion in 2016, according to a study. This could explain the slowing growth of revenue from search … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Word is that 198 million people around the world now use digital ad-blocking tools, at a cost to advertisers of $21.8 billion in lost revenue. Still, I would like to … Read the full story by George Simpson
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Worldwide, mobile ad revenue swelled 64.8% -- from $19.3 billion in 2013 to $31.9 billion in 2014, per IAB. The robust growth is attributed to continued shifts in consumer usage … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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For 14 centuries Homs has been a jewel of Islamic dynasties. The history still pulses through the sun and rubble, and the world's most intrepid adventurers have come here to … Read the full story by Bob Garfield
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The ad industry still hasn't cracked the viewability nut. During the second quarter of 2015, only 44% of digital display ads were viewable. That's down from the 49.4% viewability rate … Read the full story by Tyler Loechner
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Technology is unleashing itself on every aspect of our lives, progressing relentlessly to bring about more profound changes, more quickly than ever before. Ironically, as is does so, the only … Read the full story by Tom Goodwin
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Moving deeper in its investments in digital publishing platforms, NBCUniversal has agreed to make a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media. NBCU is also expected to soon announce a … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
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Kim Kardashian's Instagram ad for a morning sickness drug flouts the FDA's long-established requirement that ads touting the benefit of drugs also disclose their risks and contraindications, the
agency says. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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Over the next month, Facebook plans to add new features to its "dynamic" product ads, including cross-selling abilities and Audience Network availability. In addition, businesses will soon be able to … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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Just weeks after it struck a deal to sell the "Financial Times" to Japanese publisher Nikkei, Pearson is moving to offload the rest of its media publishing business by selling … Read the full story by Erik Sass
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"There's a lot of pressure on parents and teachers for purchasing school supplies," Bryant Harland, technology analyst at Mintel, tells "Marketing Daily" about the desire to save money on
back-to-school … Read the full story by Aaron Baar
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It's been a tough 24 hours for TV companies in the U.S. Ever since Disney's earnings call Wednesday that warned about network affiliate fees going forward, the stock market has … Read the full story by Dave Morgan